Brad Bortner
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Lots of goodness there Pat. Hope to see some of them floating this fall.
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Pat Gregory
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Brad - I am confident you will... Pat
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john nelson
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Carl, love the grouse. For a guy that had a difficult time with the paint, it turned out great. Tell your warden buddy, he's got to come out from behind the desk to catch the bad guys. My son misses him on the show.
Carl R Guay
Member
Thanks John!!
I made Flamme a Loon but it hasn't left the house. I'll have to make him something else for his office. I miss having him in the field He's a great Warden. The Grouse is for another Warden who's actually out catching bad guys!!
I made Flamme a Loon but it hasn't left the house. I'll have to make him something else for his office. I miss having him in the field He's a great Warden. The Grouse is for another Warden who's actually out catching bad guys!!
Carl R Guay
Member
Lots of Great work again this month Thanks to everyone for sharing!!
Most of my month has been tied up remodeling my bathroom but I'll be back at it next month.
Most of my month has been tied up remodeling my bathroom but I'll be back at it next month.
DENNIS HAYS
Active member
a few more i have been working on this month. this is a different hen than before. still need to finish and put keels on them. then start painting on my mallards and wigions
Pat Gregory
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Love to see 'em on the water Dennis! Pat
Jeffrey Nelson
Active member
Some really sweet work from everyone. Here is my first wack at a shorebird. It's supposed to be a Greater yellowlegs.
Steve Sutton
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Jeff.....GREAT first effort....need a white belly and undertail coverts in ether plumage , (winter or breeding), and the chest neck and head should be "same as, or close to same as", the back....little things.....I like the shape and the bill...and YOU NAILED the leg.....
NICELY DONE....
Steve
NICELY DONE....
Steve
Mark Spolarich
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This bird has been on my bench for a little bit with 3 others waiting for me to finish them....i decided to see if i could do one with an airburush.....i did it and learned a few things also....best part is this i was able to capture the style i have been striving for....
Steve Sanford
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Good morning~
Nothing completely finished - and starting birds every day in prep for my mid-July Open Studio. ( http://www.studiotour.org/steve-sanford/ )
This Whimbrel is done but for its base - which is in process.
This Wigeon needs just a little more paint. I tried some new approaches to the paint on this bird:
I was inspired to do this Solitary Sandpiper on recent bird walks I've been leading locally. I have seen the species here at the farm but a friend has them more regularly. I have started 2 of them.
All the best,
SJS
Nothing completely finished - and starting birds every day in prep for my mid-July Open Studio. ( http://www.studiotour.org/steve-sanford/ )
This Whimbrel is done but for its base - which is in process.
This Wigeon needs just a little more paint. I tried some new approaches to the paint on this bird:
I was inspired to do this Solitary Sandpiper on recent bird walks I've been leading locally. I have seen the species here at the farm but a friend has them more regularly. I have started 2 of them.
All the best,
SJS
Bill Embacher
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Nice work steve...love that wigeon.
I'll have to try a shorebird soon, I just picked up and antique pitchfork at a consignment shop to use as a bill.
I'll have to try a shorebird soon, I just picked up and antique pitchfork at a consignment shop to use as a bill.
Dave Diefenderfer
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a "paint by Behr numbers" on a Wigeon?
I have a Wigeon ready to go to paint but I am really unsure of colors.
Chad A[/QUOTE]
Boy would I love to see that! I have a pr of Herters 63 Widgeon awaiting filling and Sanford Coating, and another foam sleeper Widgeon that took a full load of shot owing to a buddy shooting out of pitching boat for the first time! (that is his excuse, I'll let him go with that)
I have a Wigeon ready to go to paint but I am really unsure of colors.
Chad A[/QUOTE]
Boy would I love to see that! I have a pr of Herters 63 Widgeon awaiting filling and Sanford Coating, and another foam sleeper Widgeon that took a full load of shot owing to a buddy shooting out of pitching boat for the first time! (that is his excuse, I'll let him go with that)
Steve Sutton
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as pretty as that Wigeon I keep going back to the Whimbrel....simply gorgeous.....I can't recall but didn't you do an Eskimo Curlew last year for the auction that I got the Whimbrel in?.......or was that the event you did the silhouettes for?....
Gorgeous.....did I say that?.....
Looking forward to seeing the Solitary finished....they're aren't many that would know one when they see them...are they in breeding plumage or still molting into it?.....
Steve
Gorgeous.....did I say that?.....
Looking forward to seeing the Solitary finished....they're aren't many that would know one when they see them...are they in breeding plumage or still molting into it?.....
Steve
MLBob Furia
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"Le bon Dieu est dans le détail" (God is in the details)
Some pics that I think do a nice job of illustrating how some simple texturing, under-painting, shading, & spatter on a cork mallard drake lead to a big difference down the road:
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Some pics that I think do a nice job of illustrating how some simple texturing, under-painting, shading, & spatter on a cork mallard drake lead to a big difference down the road:
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Huntindave McCann
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Bob,
You make it so simple,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it's maddening I tell you, maddening! It is a good thing I only carve a few decoys once in a while, gives me an excuse to be a hacker. ;>)
You make it so simple,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it's maddening I tell you, maddening! It is a good thing I only carve a few decoys once in a while, gives me an excuse to be a hacker. ;>)
Jeffrey Nelson
Active member
Steve, thanks for pointing out were I can improve. It won't be long till I give it another try. These little birds are fun to make and a little change of pace.
Thanks for sending the pattern book to me. I wouldn't have tried to make one if you hadn't. Much appreciated, Jeff
Thanks for sending the pattern book to me. I wouldn't have tried to make one if you hadn't. Much appreciated, Jeff
Steve Sanford
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Good morning, Steve~
Thanks for the kind words!
The long-billed sandpiper you recall from me last year was a Whimbrel. I have not yet done an Eskimo Curlew but plan to someday.
Here is the Solitary we watched last week (photo by my friend Jim Schanz with his brand new lens). I would say full nuptial plumage (?). My 2 carvings are already flawed because I did not run the primaries all the way aft!!!
We got to watch it for a bit - so much like its bigger Yellowlegs cousins and so different from a Spotted.
All the best,
SJS
Thanks for the kind words!
The long-billed sandpiper you recall from me last year was a Whimbrel. I have not yet done an Eskimo Curlew but plan to someday.
Here is the Solitary we watched last week (photo by my friend Jim Schanz with his brand new lens). I would say full nuptial plumage (?). My 2 carvings are already flawed because I did not run the primaries all the way aft!!!
We got to watch it for a bit - so much like its bigger Yellowlegs cousins and so different from a Spotted.
All the best,
SJS
Steve Sanford
Well-known member
Thanks, Bill~
I was thinking of you when I was playing around with the White patch.
All the best,
SJS
I was thinking of you when I was playing around with the White patch.
All the best,
SJS